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Lucy Powell vs Steve Race

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Lucy Powell
Lucy Powell
Lab Manchester Central
vs
Photograph of Steve Race
Steve Race
Lab Exeter

Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and Steve Race voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 346 shared comparable votes.

346 same votes 0 different votes 346 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
40 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 70 shared votes
40 Aye 30 No
29 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
29 Aye 7 No
26 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
26 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
10 Aye 11 No
Defence 100% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 70 shared votes
40 Aye 30 No
29 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
29 Aye 7 No
26 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
26 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
10 Aye 11 No
Defence 100% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

65.9 %
7 % below average
Rank 503 of 649
Participation
86.1 %
13 % above average
Rank 73 of 649
1,555
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
495
575 eligible divisions
875
56.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
267
53.9 % of votes cast
680
43.7 % of votes cast
No votes
228
46.1 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
13 years, 8 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

7
-71.5 vs Commons average
Rank 618 of 649
Appearances
99
+20.5 vs Commons average
Rank 151 of 649
148
+8.7 vs Commons average
Rank 186 of 649
Contributions
117
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 248 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,425,912
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£194,803
all imported IPSA years
£249,415
10 % above average
Latest expenses
£194,803
14 % below average
14
5 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Work / Employment
67 of 77 votes
#1
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
#4
Transport
29 of 29 votes
Defence
51 of 71 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 20 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
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